Park Place Post

Welcome back Scorpions!

The purpose of this short newsletter is to inform you of important things you need to know prior to the first day of school. Please read thoroughly and watch the attached videos if you are parent pick-up.

Your attention to these details will ensure a safe first day for all students.

We're looking forward to a great year!

Please note that an important link will be sent out via email from PowerSchool to update emergency contact information for your Park Meadows student(s). This information is what updates the information in our system. Completing these digital return to school forms updates the following:

• Changes in address, phone number
• Updating of changing emergency contacts
• Health information
• Acknowledgment of Internet agreement and Student handbook
• Ability to upload needed documents
• Proof of residence to support and address change
• Legal documents (custody agreement changes, guardianship, etc.)
• Immunization records

Completing the forms takes just a few minutes, and should be completed as soon as possible so the updated information can be delivered to our Student Information System, ensuring that the most correct data is available for every student.

Please be sure to complete these tasks so that we have the most up to date and accurate information for you student in case of an emergency.

If you have any questions, please contact the campus Registrar Jean Davis

Please drop your child off as usual on the first day. Parents may not walk their child to class. We find this is an easier transition for students. You may drop supplies off in the office, clearly labeled with your child's name. For walkers and bike riders, you may wait at the corner of 35th Ave and Behrend near the bike rack. We will have supervision at the bike rack.

Students may arrive at 8:30 for FREE breakfast in the classroom. There is no supervision before 8:30 and students may not be on campus until this time.

Third through sixth grade students who do not have K-2 siblings will wait for parents at the gate near the 2nd grade hall that faces the parking lot. You will pick up these students in the front lot. Please review the three videos if you pick your child up in the main parking lot. Most importantly, you will need to decide if you are going to turn left or right out of the parking lot onto Behrend. When you enter our parking lot at 35th Ave, traffic will split into two lanes. Staff will be there to direct you to pick your lane based on your exit direction. If you follow the blue line on the right, you will turn right onto Behrend. If you choose the left lane, you will turn left onto Behrend when you exit.

Children will only be able to load into cars between the two yellow lines.

Drop-off will be only one lane, as usual.

Safety is our priority! Please follow procedures and exercise patience and respect for others so we may keep our students safe.

The gate by the cafeteria will open at 8:30. There will be no supervision before 8:30 so students may not be on campus before 8:30 (unless serving an assigned morning reflection).

8:30-8:42: The gate by the 2nd grade hall (facing the parking lot) and the gate by the kindergarten area (facing Behrend) will be opened at 8:30.

If you arrive late, after gates close at 8:42, you must park and walk your child into the office to sign in.

Kinder, first, second-grade students and their siblings will be picked up at the gate on Behrend, on the west end of campus. As in the past, parents will enter the south entrance to the St. James Parish parking lot. The staff at St. James generously allow us to use their lot to manage our traffic, and they only ask that you drive carefully and slowly with respect to their parishioners.

Staff will manage the traffic flow. We will have three lanes of cars. It does not matter which lane you join. Staff will release cars equitably from each lane to enter through the gate into the pick-up lane.

After you pick up your child, it would be VERY helpful if you chose to turn right onto Behrend. Turning left causes congestion at the main exit and at the 35th ave intersection.

There are no changes to the walker and bike rider procedures. Walkers and bike riders need to know their pick-up number (yellow tag) so they can check out with the teacher at their gate.

Walkers and bike riders continue to enter and exit near the bike rack at the corner of 35th and Behrend. Parents who walk with students will drop off and pick up there.

Park Meadows has a HAWK signal has been installed on 35th Ave. Our crossing guards will be able to push a button that will activate a red light and a "walk" signal. After 25 seconds, the red light will flash and cars may proceed only if the crosswalk is clear.

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Location: 20012 North 35th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, USA
Phone: 623-445-4100
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